KENNETH LEE

Hardworking leader skilled with communication, leadership, and community impact. An avid student, maintaining a 4.0 GPA from 9th-current grade. As a relentlessly curious student, constantly engages in learning new skills such as table tennis, rubik cubes, cello, guitar, basketball, and volleyball.

• One of 40 early researchers of the program, now backed by Harvard Innovation Labs/NIH
• Collected 20+ responses from geriatric population; entered into database
• Explored hands-on learning with culturally responsive and cutting-edge AI, dementia care, and user research in uplifting and supporting older adults and their caregivers.

• A school club that provides a platform for musicians to use their talents to serve the community
• Conducts monthly visits to hospitals, nursing homes, and galleries.
• Helped grow the club from 3 members to 35 members since the start of the year
• Facilitated opportunities for musical performances benefiting local initiatives

• Helped organize ways for us to reach out to our community (EX. Ran the official instagram account/Parent Events)
• Assisted in organizing performances/events all around K-Town
• Helped other members develop performance skills and learn competition pieces
• TA for 20+ children (kindergarden-middle school) teaching fundamentals of the Haegeum

• 10 Years of experience
• CM Level 8
• Learned advanced movements such as Haydn Concerto C. and competed in competitions
• Part of CAMS School Orchestra

• Used both the Cello and Haegeum to perform at a variety of locations, including nursing homes, galleries, cultural heritage celebrations, malls, and cafes
• Personally Invited as an individual performer w payment. Including locations/programs such as BG Gallery, Voice of Asia, Torrance Memorial Medical Center, CalVet West LA Veteran’s Home

• Deeply involved with our robot and documented design changes/team development
• Controlled the robot during competitions as Operator
• Input ideas behind design brainstorming and part of assembly team
• Helped outreach/present FTC and our goal in front of 130 elementary children from South Share elementary.
• Played a key role in securing accolades like the ILT-Inspire Award through Admin subteam efforts.

• Created various different sign up sheets for events (FTC Meets, Tidal Tumble, Beach Blitz)
• Involved in financial operations (Food forms, apparel, parent donations)
• Made 150+ pins for competitions
• Handled Media/Took Photos at competition

• U.S. Representative Young Kim Certificate of Congressional Recognition Award, 2024
• World Competition of Korean Arts; Overall Grand Prize Award, 2024
• World Competition of the Korean Arts; 1st Place Haegeum High-School Category, 2023
• Presidential's Volunteer Service Gold Medal Award, 2024
• Korean Investors & Traders Association Southern California $500 Grant, 2024
• Voice of Asia Acknowledgment Scholarship $100 payment, 2024
• MESA 1st place award Regionals for Moon Base in performance, 2024
• MESA 1st place award Regionals for Moon Base in Innovative Design, 2024
• Satori Cello Competition 2nd Place award in 5+ years experience category, 2024
• SYMF 2nd Place award 5+ years experience category, 2024
• Beaver AI certificate of completion, 2024